Joseph Chamberlain

“What is the use of having a great empire if it is not a happy family?”

“Tariff Reform means, before all, a preference for the colonies—a preference for our kinsmen.”

“Learn to think imperially.”

“We have to carry out our obligations, even if they are burdensome.”

“The day of small nations has long passed away. The day of Empires has come.”

“The future is with the great Empires, and there is no greater Empire than the British Empire.”

“Here is a strange thing: in all the professions, crafts and trades, men are honored in proportion to their proficiency. But in the House of Commons, the greatest assembly in the world, the man who is most successful is the man who is most dull.”

“I am not a pro-Boer. I am a pro-Briton.”

“To make war upon the unarmed is not a feature of the English character.”

“I think that the mission of this country is to carry civilization, Christianity, peace, and good government to the uttermost ends of the earth.”

“I am prepared to go to any length... for the purpose of uniting the self-governing colonies with the mother country.”

“We are all imperialists now.”